Back in October, a Reddit user who claimed to have discussed Star Wars 9 with J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio, said that Star Wars 9 will unite all three trilogies, although that information was never confirmed.
When Star Wars 9 was looking for a director, after Disney and LucasFilm parted ways with Colin Trevorrow after two years of development, many were surprised that J.J. Abrams returned to write and direct Star Wars 9.
Shortly after J.J. Abrams took the helm, Disney pushed the Star Wars 9 release date from May 24 2019, to December 20, 2019, with the director also bringing aboard co-writer Chris Terrio (Justice League, Batman v Superman, Argo), all in the same day.
The news of J.J. Abrams’ return had the opposite effect on Daisy Ridley (Rey), who revealed that she started crying when she found out that J.J. Abrams was coming back to the helm.